James Clapper Jr.

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News about James Clapper Jr., including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Nov. 17, 2014

Director of National Intelligence James R Clapper Jr says about his mission to North Korea to seek release of Americans Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller that leaders were disappointed he had not come bearing a 'breakthrough' in relations; says he had not been certain they would be freed until hours before they left the country. MORE

Nov. 10, 2014

News analysis; Obama administration officials say Pres Obama took unusual step of sending nation's top spy, James R Clapper Jr, to North Korea to win release release of American prisoners Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller; Obama specifically signaled he would not reward North with sanctions relief or new round of negotiations in return for their freedom. MORE

Nov. 9, 2014

North Korea releases Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, Americans who had been accused of trying to subvert the state, after James R Clapper Jr, director of national intelligence for the United States, flew to country on secret mission; securing release was unusual role for Clapper, nation's most senior intelligence official. MORE

Jul. 26, 2014

Director of National Intelligence James R Clapper Jr assures Congress that its members and legislative staff leaders with security clearances will not have their computer use monitored as part of agency's stepped-up efforts to prevent unauthorized disclosures of classified information. MORE

May. 9, 2014

New review policy for Office of Director of National Intelligence says agency's current and former employees and contractors may not cite news reports based on unauthorized leaks and disclosures; follows policy that James R Clapper Jr, director of national intelligence, issued earlier that bars officials at all 17 intelligence agencies from speaking without permission to journalists about unclassified information related to intelligence. MORE

Apr. 2, 2014

Newly released letter again confirms that United States intelligence analysts have searched for Americans’ emails and phone calls within the repository of communications that the government collects without a warrant; letter, from national intelligence director James R Clapper Jr to Sen Ron Wyden, elevates issue beyond theoretical speculation. MORE

Feb. 12, 2014

National Intelligence Dir James R Clapper acknowledges in testimony before Armed Services Committee that technology is not yet in place to prevent another insider from stealing top-secret data, as Edward J Snowden did. MORE

Feb. 5, 2014

National Intelligence Dir James R Clapper Jr says that Syrian Pres Bashar al-Assad's hold on power has strengthened over past year and that he has benefited from deal to abandon his chemical weapons arsenal; concern has been mounting in both Congress and the Obama administration that policy toward Syria is faltering on several fronts. MORE

Jan. 30, 2014

James R Clapper Jr, director of national intelligence, delivers a scorching attack on Edward J Snowden and calls on him and his 'accomplices' to return the trove of classified documents he took from National Security Agency. MORE

Oct. 30, 2013

James R Clapper Jr, director of national intelligence, testifies before House Intelligence Committee that National Security Agency had kept senior White House officials informed of overseas surveillance; also defends agency's intelligence-gathering methods and suggests possible divisions within Obama administration; testimony appears to challenge assertions that White House was not aware of some of the agency's practices. MORE

Apr. 19, 2013

James R Clapper Jr, director of national intelligence, says assessment about North Korea’s ability to arm a nuclear missile was mistakenly declassified and released by Pentagon’s intelligence agency; disclosure revealed competing views within American spy agencies. MORE

Sep. 29, 2012

Obama administration's shifting accounts of fatal attack on American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, have left Pres Obama suddenly exposed on national security and foreign policy, field where he has enjoyed long-established advantage over Mitt Romney; James R Clapper Jr, director of national intelligence, acknowledges that accounts were revised as new information came to light indicating deliberate and organized attack by extremists. MORE

Jun. 26, 2012

James R Clapper Jr, the director of national intelligence, announces new rules for intelligence officials that are intended to deter and detect leaking to news organizations; rules were developed amid a bipartisan outcry in Congress over security disclosures in several news outlets. MORE

Feb. 1, 2012

National Intelligence Director James R Clapper Jr delivers prepared testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, stating that some senior Iranian leaders are now more willing to carry out attacks in the United States in response to perceived American threats; cites suspected 2011 plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington; also warns of growing cyberattack risk in the wake of Arab Spring uprisings. MORE

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Evidence gathered by software hidden by the N.S.A. to monitor North Korean activities proved critical in persuading President Obama to accuse the government of ordering the cyberattack on Sony, officials said.

James R. Clapper Jr. said the North was disappointed he had not come bearing a “breakthrough” in relations, and he had not been certain Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller would be freed until hours before they left North Korea.